Medical examiner responds to second sleep-related infant death this week

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office responded to the death of a one-month-old infant Wednesday morning near 27th and Meinecke.

Officials say the baby boy was pronounced dead at the home in the 2400 block of N. 27th Street just after 8 a.m.

Initial reports suggest the baby was sleeping with his mother. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.

This is the second sleep-related infant death the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office has reported this week. A 10-day-old baby boy was pronounced dead November 10 near 81st and Oklahoma after sleeping in bed with his mother and a sibling.